Tuesday, May 17, 2005

God Has Delivered Us From Darkness Into His Light

"For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light, Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son; In Whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins:" Colossians 1:9-13

God has delivered us from the power of darkness and God has made us able to be partakers of His Divine inheritance! "But God, Who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:" Ephesians 2:4-5 The Truth of our salvation in Christ goes so much farther than just us being delivered from the power of darkness. I mean, if we were just delivered from darkness, we could go back, but there is no going back! “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” Romans 6:6 We have been chosen by God and we have been born again by His will! We have now been made alive together with Jesus and our old man, our body of sin, has been destroyed, there is no going back! We can’t fool God, He knows our hearts, so we either have all of this, or we have none of this; there is no getting in and then getting out! We don’t just choose God, He chooses us, and we can’t fake Him out and get in without a pure heart! But once we are in, we are in; He destroys our old sinful man through the power of the Blood of His Son and our Savior, Jesus Christ! And once God does, we are strengthened with all might, so that we might be all pleasing, knowing all things, and all by the glory of His power that works within us! Faith comes from hearing the Truth that God has fully delivered us from the power of darkness and this Truth sets us free! This is God’s desire for us and for all who accept it, and it will be accomplished through the power of His might that now works within us!

"He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. "And being fully persuaded, that what He had promised, He was also able to perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification" Romans 4:21-25

Be blessed; look to Jesus to Author and Finish His faith within you this day, so that you can fully know God’s will for your life. It’s God’s desire that His fullness is completed within us this day. Through Jesus we can have complete and perfected salvation this day. It is not hard, we don't have to work at it, we have been born again and we now have Jesus Who will lead us and guide us in all of His Truth. Even if we are struggling at accepting all of this power that we read about, we can be as the father of the sick child was with Jesus, who said, Lord I believe, help me with my unbelief. Mark 9:24 It’s that simple; if you want it, just ask. It has been born into us to ask, this is the desire of the Seed that has born us, that we walk in this fullness and in this glory. "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." Matthew 7:7-8 "And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it." John 14:13-14 "And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it unto you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." John 16:23-24

Jesus is Lord and through the power of His Blood within us, we will receive what He has Authored and Finished our faith to ask for!

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